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A. B. COSBY. HOSE WASHING MACHINE.

No. 447.684. Pate nted-MaLB, 1891.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent no. 44?,634, dated March 3, 1891.

Applieationfiled July 3,1 890. Serial No, 35 7, 6 9 8- (No model.)

To allwhom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ANDERSON B. COSBY, of Richmond, in the county of llenrico and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hose-WashingMachines, of which the following is a specification;

My invention relates to a portable machine for cleaning fire-engine and garden hose, the object being to more thoroughly cleanse the same than can be done by the, usual method of spreading the hose out and Washing and brushing the same.

when my mZLClIIDBdS emptoyed;

With this object in view my invention consists of a portable frame or carriage, an annular spraying-pipe through which the hose is passed, a supply-pipe connected with the frame and supporting said pipe, a trough in which the hose is washed as. it passes through,

being supported by-a discharge-pipe.

My invention consists, further, in certain details of construction and combination of parts, such as shown in the accompanying drawings, and more fully explained hereinafter.

In the drawings, Figured is a side view, certain parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section 011 the line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front view of my machine.

Fig. at is a detail view ,of a section of the ring, and Fig. 5 shows modified forms of the same.

In the embodiment of my invention 1 cm ploy a main frame or carriage A, which is supported upon the tractioirwheels (tand the caster-wheel a. A draft-poled is pivoted to the caster-housing, whereby the carriage is transported from place to place, as desired;

A main supply pipe fb is secured to the frame near its central part, said pipe being closed at the bottom and provided at'its side with a coupling-joint I), to which is coupled the hose or other water-conductor which furnishes the watcnsupply. l\ll'flilllulfl/l' pipe 13 is se- .curcd to the upper. end oi-tho supplyqiipe, and on its forward face is provided with a series of, perforations b, tlii'oiigliivliicii thewater is forced in the shape of a ring.

The hose is passed through the annular pipe 13; and in so passing the water will strike upon all sides and thoroughly wa h the hose.

The operation is also performed much morefirapidly andeasfln .port for the said trough.

roller 0 is journalc'd in the forward end of the The hose as it passes through the annular pipe is supported by the anti-friction hosesupporter D, said support-er consisting of the lower horizontal or clamping-arms (Z, which" are clamped around the supply-pipe near the spray-pipe B, the vertical arms d, extending upward from the clamping-arms, and the upper horizontal arms (1*, between the ends of which the anti-friction rollers (Z are-journaled, the said arms being so constructed that the rollers rest upon opposite sides'ol the annular pipe, as shown. A water-trough (i is arranged directly forward of the annular pipe, said trough being adapted to catch the water sprayed upon the hose and aid in cleansing the hose passing in the trough is carried ed by means of the discharge-pipe U, which also serves as a suptrough, over which the hose passes when be ing drawn through the trough. The openings An anti-friction through the water in the trough. The water in the annular pipe may be providedwitli the forwardl'y-converging nozzles U if desired,

but the most convenient method would be to thicken the said pipe at its forward side and drill the holes with the desired inclination. It is obvious that any desired number of hose may be passed through the annular pipe/at one time. It will of course be understood that the hose is first passed through the trough, which softens the dirt upon it, and the spray from the annular pipe entirely removes all dirt and grit. -If desired, the pipe may have more than one row of perforations bf, said perforations being-arranged at different angles. If desired, the forward side of the annular pipe may be split, in order to form a solid sheet of water. i

li'aviugthus described my invention, what I claim is' p 1.' In a portable hose-washing machine, the combination, with a portable frame or carriage, of a supply-pipe arranged thereon and a vertical annular pipe snpportedhpon the supply-pipe and in communication therewith, said pipe having a series of perforations, substantially as and for the purpose described.

L. 'In ahoscwashing machine, the combination of an annular pipe having a series-of apertures formed in one side of'the same, said apertures being arranged obliquely and contoward a. common central point without the plane of the annular ring, shown and described.

4. In ahosewashiug machine, the combination, with a frame, of a water-supply pipe, a washing-pipe over which the hose passes, supported upon the supply-pipe, a trough, and discharge-pipe for supporting the same, 'suL' stantially as shown and described.

5. In a hose-washingniaehine, the combination, with a supply-pipe, of an annular pipe supported thereon and a hose-supporter secured to the supply-pipe and adapted to supsubstantially as port the hose as it passes through the said "ann'idar pipe, substantially as shown and described.

G. In a hose-Washing machine, the coinbina tion,with a washer, of a trough and a discharge-pipe leading from said trough, said pipe being the sole support for said trough, substantially as shown and described.

7. In a hose-washing machine, the combination, with a water-supply pipe, of an annular pipe supported-thereon and an anti-friction hose-supporter constructed as described, and secured to the main supply-pipe, and having 35 the supporting anti-friction rollers arranged upon opposite sides of the annular pipe, substantially as shown and described.

8. Amachine for washing hose, comprising a portable carriage, a vertical supply-pipese- 4o curedthereon,avertical annularpipemountedupon the supply-pipe after supporter, antifriction hose-supporter, water-trough, and discharge-pipe supporting the water-trough, all arranged and adapted to operate substantially 4 5 as shown and described.

AJQDERSOBI l5. COSBY,

Witnesses:

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